| Contributing Authors | p. ix |
| Foreword to the First Edition | p. xiii |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Preface to the First Edition | p. xvii |
| Preface | p. xix |
| Altered Nutrient Metabolism | |
| Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism in Renal Disease and in Renal Failure | p. 1 |
| Carbohydrate Metabolism in Renal Failure | p. 25 |
| Altered Lipid Metabolism and Serum Lipids in Renal Disease and Renal Failure | p. 41 |
| Uremic Toxicity and its Effects on Metabolism and Body Function | |
| Uremic Toxicity | p. 63 |
| Oxidant Stress | p. 99 |
| Carbonyl Stress in Uremia | p. 111 |
| Homocysteine | p. 117 |
| Cytosolic Calcium in Chronic Renal Failure, Diabetes Mellitus, and Phosphate Depletion | p. 125 |
| Metabolic and Nutritional Responses to Acidemia | p. 151 |
| Protein-Energy Malnutrition | |
| Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Renal Failure | p. 159 |
| Causes of Protein-Energy Malnutrition in Chronic Renal Failure | p. 167 |
| Malnutrition as a Risk Factor of Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Dialysis | p. 183 |
| Role of Inflammation in Malnutrition and Atherosclerosis in Chronic Renal Failure | p. 199 |
| Effect of Malnutrition and Changes in Protein Intake on Renal Function | p. 213 |
| Assessment of Protein-Energy Nutritional Status | p. 223 |
| Nutritional Treatment of Chronic Renal Disease | |
| Influence of Dietary Protein Intake on the Progression of Chronic Renal Insufficiency | p. 241 |
| Calcium, Phosphorus, and Vitamin D Metabolism in Renal Diseases and Chronic Renal Failure | p. 261 |
| Nutritional Management of Water, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, and Magnesium in Renal Disease and Renal Failure | p. 287 |
| Trace Element Metabolism in Renal Disease | p. 299 |
| Vitamin Metabolism and Requirements in Renal Disease and Renal Failure | p. 315 |
| Carnitine in Renal Failure | p. 357 |
| Nutrition and Anemia in End-Stage Renal Disease | p. 369 |
| Nutritional Management of Nondialyzed Patients with Chronic Renal Failure | p. 379 |
| Nutritional and Nonnutritional Management of the Nephrotic Syndrome | p. 415 |
| Nutritional Management of End-Stage Renal Disease | |
| Nutritional Management of Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis | p. 433 |
| Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition | p. 467 |
| Nutritional Effects and Nutritional Management of Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis | p. 477 |
| Nutritional Management of Renal Transplantation | p. 513 |
| Nutritional Management of the Child with Kidney Disease | p. 527 |
| Treatment of Acute Renal Failure | |
| Nutritional Management of Acute Renal Failure | p. 549 |
| Nutritional Management of Patients Treated with Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy | p. 573 |
| Miscellaneous Therapies in Renal Failure | |
| Therapeutic Use of Growth Factors in Renal Disease | p. 581 |
| Drug-Nutrient Interactions in Renal Failure | p. 593 |
| Rehabilitative Exercise Training in Patients Undergoing Dialysis | p. 605 |
| Nutritional Factors in Hypertension | p. 621 |
| Achieving Patient Adherence to Diet Therapy | p. 629 |
| Nutrition Plans, Meal Patterns, and Supplements for Acute and Chronic Renal Failure | p. 641 |
| Subject Index | p. 649 |
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